The Conshohocken Recorder, January 3, 1900

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ritlng friends ID Mar) lanu
I'lie Christmas collodion nl si.
itthew's Church amounted to $1150.
Midnight mass was not celebrated In
It. Matthew \- Church on Sunday night.
John II. Griffith will open a meal
nd i>riivlHii>n .jstoic iit 71 Payette
Juiues Kelly, of Danville, spent the
hrtMmas holidays with Ms famllj In
is borough.
Thomas McOrath, of New York, lias
•on (pending 'he holidays with his
irents here.
Mrs. Elwood Nobllt, of 204 Many
street, has a very handsome Christ-mas
lie.', thai she is proud of.
The Conshohocken Band ushered In
ilio new year by serenading a number
t of the prominent residents of the bor-ough.
Miss Marie and John and Jam.!
• r.iwlry. of New York, were visiting
Y*
i
motliy Crowley, of this borough, lasl
eck. .
Vi.la Kegtekah I-odge, No. 62, will
gave a visitation from Letitia Penn
Rebekah Lodge on Friday evening
^A good time is expected.
The foot path of the Sshuylkill river
nidge Is in bad repair. At one place
-.i board is broken and it i-- very dang
''ADUM ..e»i"»e>,.l(" •-
. in.
will mlgh
[ween
-. Ices «
much yeatei a
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illil \ ,
III Ui 11:i. au
forme,,.
There is fair skating c^
Daniel Holland, of |fo|
.■siting lieie the past week
OfQosr Redmond arn
ngton for drunkenn
urday. He was lined and di*
by Burgees Jacoby.
The Board of Direotorsol tbeTB
i' National Hank aavt deelaw
semi annual dividend of pre i"'r ■»
payable on and after Monday ol ''
week
Ha- Christ mas servieos in 'he B'(-
list Church mi Saturday eveniog
"i the cantata, I'
Knm and the distribution of gifts'
the pupils or the school
Officer Quifley arrested lulla Klyw|
j| Philadelphia, ai the R idlnc si
lion on Friday. She wa
lacob] gave her
u ged her.
riie patriotic drama to i* gwen'r
Washlta Hall on Thursday eveninj
by .-i Matthew's Scientific Society «
Sttrac inn much interest In lie' l"».
and there promlsei to be i very laras
and appreciative audio] ■
John Ilia iinaii. a/ho has been ill
weeks past, is now recov- Leathtliatkea Walls.u Peon.
thl ball bUl on the free throw Dunn
i he basket This was the only
■■'
The regular meeting of Town
Uouncll will be held to mom i
tung.
Routine bus ni transacted
\ihe regular meeting of the School
nil lasl evening.
Vhomas p, Dougherty, Of New
1 ndlng ill ■ h ilidajrf with
nis in this i" iough,
MD Reynolds, Who has been
e holidays with his parents
ugh. returned to his home
on Saturday morning.
era' meeting of the W.
he held on Thursday af-
'-past 2. al he home of
"Jhwnbi Ford street,
loon la confined to
s.
are being eon
> Unesa Christian
t. oeeting will he
nei T. I.. F. Haas.
will '. in the meet-iere
will be
isVtin. conference
) fhvene e time in
Un earl) th. The
present pa •ight. Is
liow round! n this
borough.
—Taking a< nls-sion
given by \er
I,eo XIII. and 's
Grace, the most
Ryan, mid light u
MySl
lean Willlamaea'a School. A P-ibb,.
l-unil btini Railed
■..., IMIS
„-««.». ix)ve feast win be held this'
'■g Bl 7..10 o'eloek.
niljlc installation and entertain
»iil be given In P. O. S. of A
on Thursday evening by Mont
.iery Circle, No. 10. The Installing
officers will be conducted by. the
and Supreme officers of the
hood of the Union. A grand
. has been arranged by the
ee to commence at 7.30 o'clock.
ome of station agent .1. C. Mar
econd avenue nnd Harry street
place of enjoyment for the
>lks last evening. A children's
was held in which games and
were Indulged ; refreshments
arved and all voted to having n
line.
I'ubllc installation of the Offl-
>f the Geo. Smith Post. No. 7H.
It. will be held on Saturday
ng in Grnnd Army Hall, corner
d Avenue and Forrest el i
it o'clock. The contributing
rs of the Post, Women's Relief
Sons of Veterans, Drum Corp
..ends of the Grand Army are in-ited
to attend at the above stated
nie.
In spite of the extreme cold the
issloiiary social at the Presbyterian
lunch lasl evening was well attend-d
and a thoroughly good time was
ad. The Mexican curios and photo-
.rapbS were very Instructive and en-
ItJlng. At the close of the pray-r
meeting to-morrow evening ihe un-old
cake and home-made candy will
je offered for sale.
One and a half inches of snow fell
stween midnight and 9 o'clock yes-rday
morning. When tlay dawned
whltPj mantle covered the town.
•on afller « o'clock the sun came out
nl the snow began to melt beneath
■ rays and the feet of pedestrians.
ater oh the weather became colder
nd the] packed snow began to freeze
ISO sold chunks of lee and mud. The
utrookj is for clear ami cold weather
or several days
at. Matthew's church was crowded
SSterday morning to witness the mar-iage
of Miss Maggie Smith, (laughter
/f Mrs. J. Smith, of Kim and Forrest
S. to Mr. Kdward Gavin, of York.
a The ceremony was performed by
v. Father O'Donnell. Miss Katie
Urlen was maid of honor and Mr.
-ils. Gavin, a brother of the groom,
i-1 gro sinan. Miss Smith wore a
colored broadcloth trimmed with
itchSM lace and ribbon, and Miss
Urlen wore a plum broadcloth tripl-ed
with white broadclnf-
Gavin '-*'
. IOI n, ustiicl II. Hi
[»< i . solcltor, William F. Solly. Thejv
decided to fix the tax rat- the same
it was during 1899. The CommlsslOl
ns axed the dog tax at SO cents f)jr
males nnd fl for females. They farth-er
ordered that the tax tolleetors sec
that the assessments of - anlnes either
be paid or the dog bo k lied. !
oi s of the Poor met und organized foi
the year. A. D. Alderfc ' was chosiin
steward of the poor houi i.
The following are comliilttees of Hie
Washington Hose Conippny who will
ha e charge of the fair tjhat will hcglf
ill Wa.shita Hall on Satlii'lay evenin
February 17th: Miles Btemple, Jot
Karr, David Mason, Johli Bailey. W
Horn, Uewellyn Jones, lobn Neal, Jil
Edward Stott, Wm. Jones, Harry Mur-ray.
Thomas MeCarter,
'nd. V.'m. Burton, p. .1.
Booth, B; V. Heaver. Jr.,
Samuel McKnlght, Bei
Charles Hul-
Hlake, James
Win. Dewnop,
jamin Davlk
ureamve one, the benedict.
most blessed Sacrament foh
mass. The choir of the chu
kugumented by the Messrs. Coi
Oonshohocken. Under the lead
of Miss VaHeij the musli was ma,
tiicut, being very beautiful and Im-pressive.
Clifford Campbell, Wllrner Campliell,
Ralph Campbell, i:. J.Gs mpbell, Tninig
Conrduff K. .1. Calne, J01 ieph Harrisah.
lames Hush.11. C,eori{e Hiimmell.
Charles Ferrler, Thoma s Ferrier. .ft..
Thomas Griffith. II. F. ( llles, Solomdn
Lafferty. Algernon Jonei . Waller .Mm
1 is Win. MeCarter. Win. Murray, i;
R. Nixon, Harry Smith,, Harry Wil-liams.
Wm. R. Shank s. George */.
Btemple, Frank Harrh ion Wm. |e
(ielrse. T. B. Vaughn. 1 leorge Wlllfc.
hfdward Pleraon, John |i unlap, Sanulrd
lacoby, Joseph Mason, 'I homas M.isoli,
fJSCar Jones and Presld ent Gus Soil -
mers.
Tin re are to he threi • eclipses, t^
il the sun nnd one of the moon,
1900. The total eclipt e of the su
May 28th, will be vis ible to Nor
America, but the annul: ir eclipse. N
.1 nil" 1 22d, will be in visible in th
territory. The partial eclipse of tl e
moon. Juao nth, will be visible
North America, The cllpse of tl
sun. May Mth, will he drst uolieeali
in this section at 7.39 1 n the mnrninlg
•nd will last until 10. 12. While tl
partial ecllnsn of th* ™ («)n will hegl
herea, )it» at 10.17 p. 1 »• and end It
In 1900 Mercur; ' will lie tl c
evening star about Mi irch 8th, Jul y
Ith and October BCth an. 1 morning at; r
about April 22(1, August
letnher 7th. Venus wi
star till July 8th, and
star the rest of the yeai
he morning star till !i
evening star till Decen
then morning star aga 'n 'he rest • if
tnr ya ii
few Vcai't Daace
The Monday Nlghl Dancing Class
gave a very successful dance last ev-ening
in P. O. 8. of A, Hall. The af-fairs
was one of the most successful
ones ever given in the class and was
attended by about forty couples from
Philadelphia, Wlaaahlckon. Norris-town
and this borough.
Ihe hall was tastefully decorated
with potted plants and hunting, and
much credit Is due the committee,
which Consisted Of Messrs. B, OTIyrne,
Chairman, Frank Lobb, Howard Jones
and Benjamin Stott. for the success
of the affair.
The music was furnished by Prof.
Barrett's orchestra.
AS AolbQuay View
The following commiiub ation was
furnished the RECORDER from an ar-dent
Anti-CJuny man:
19th and D( ;-
II be evenin
th,en mornin
■. Jupiter wi'll
lay 27th. the n
iber 14th, an d
■loded
veil a very sei ■-
it the home i if
Elm street o n
e water pint s
frozen and M r.
oel Smith wei -e
en the wate •-
■ e exptodi d.
one In tl ie
we re
»-
The work that haj been accomplish-ed
has cost thousands of dollars and
days and nights of toil. The machine
sleeps not. and knowing this those
who undertook to tight It resolved to
not relax vigilance day or night while
the contest was on.
The principal event of the year was
the failure of Senator Quay to have
himself re-elected to the senate. After
that came the exposure, arrest and
Indictment of the bribery conspirators
In his Interest at Harrlsburg. The es-cape
of Senator Quay In his trial,
through the action of his attorneys
In pleading the statute of limitations,
was another feature of this memorable
year. The appointment of Mr. Quay
to be United States senator by Gov-ernor
Stone nnd his signal failure to
gain admission to the senate was a col-lateral
piece of evidence showing the
desperation and failure of the machine.
The attempt to force a machine candi-date
on the state ticket against the ad-vice
of wise leaders and the subsequent
withdrawal of the candidate, the expos-ure
of a conspiracy to stuff ballot boxes
In Philadelphia, the arrest of the gang
of repeaters, some of them government
employes from Washington, and the
arrest of Representative Samuel Sal-ter.
a Quay leader and the deputy cor-oner
of Philadelphia, fur ballot fraud,
and the further revelation of rotten-ness
In machine wads In Philadelphia
were a few of the startling political ep-isodes
of the past year.
As for the year of 1900 It opens aus-piciously
for the enemies of the ma-chine,
the foes of boss domination In
Pennsylvania politics. They nre or-ganized,
aggressive and courageous
They have perfected un admirable or-ganlxation.
and by the time this letter
reaches Its readers the active wort Of
the next year's campaign will have be-gun,
ii is the purpose to establish ne
manent working headquarters in Phi
adelphla and keep In constant tomb
with every county in the slate
The men at the head of the move-tnent
are every one of them Repuhl
cans of character and standing
ator Flltiti, of Plttsburg, who wan
charged by the Quay Influence and
Qua] newspapers with having
beloni Ing to the city of Pitt
burg in private business without pa>-
ment of Interest, and who refused an
opportunity to plead the statute Of llm-
Itatlons, bui demanded thai he be trli I
In open court and was acquitted and
honorably discharged. Is al the head
of the new organisation. Others like
ex-Governor Hasting ex tttorni -
General McCormlck, ex-Lieutenant
Governor Wstres, Calvin Wills, pro-prietor
of the Philadelphia Press, ex-aster
General Wanamaker and
two score other leading Republicans
are united with Senator Fllnn In this
work.
For the first time this season the
totals played in true champlonshl •
style on Saturday evening, and in u
i "ague contest throwi il dOU u thl
\',;ii Ine n b| the score ol 16 tn
• > crawled up a nulrii
'..r Drst honors, passing ranni
Wllfelnien.
A large and enthusiast!! au
«iai in attendance and it Is plain
incut that the boys still US
following and the only thing fOl
to ao Is to play up to their real stand
ard and the people's support will be
accorded them. Penn's rooter wen
also in evidence and Borne of them,
who had come in contact with "Old
John Alcohol" made life miserable by
their riotous whooping for the visitors
Even though they outplayed their
rivals In the first half of the game, it
was not until the second halt that Con
;,'n i.orken donned her championship
gaib, when they made veritable nion
heyi of the Phillies, playing all aioun I
tpem and scoring 14 points.
'Ihe game was hard fought through
out and at times became so fast as tl
exalte the spectators to a high pl\ch
The passing, too, at times was gilt
edged.
Penn had her most formidable teal
on the tloor as had Conahohocken. but
v. lien the visitors made, their first ap
'.'... .nice of the KJMOU, PPSd il
icir long robes nnd began to drop tin
'1 In the basket from almost any pan
%he floor with comparative
'ed with the poor showing madj
i locals in the game against
miser and their defeat at tin
' Hancock, many admirers Ol
-ken hung their heads, for
ll'ie another defeat. How
■Al boys pulled themselves
.dd settled down and tH<
...ce Indicates the rest.
For the first time in the history or
the game In this borough, a playei
was disqualified on Saturday evening.
U.ewer. after three fouls had been call
ed on him, in au attempt to "rough ii
up" for Ruth, fell under the watchful
eye of IIi»pire Wilson and he was im-mcdl
..i, given his passports from the
fl'*or, despite the earnest protests of
Captain Dunn. His vacancy was filled
by Pfatt. This was near the near of
the first half.
Conshohocken's royal victory Is
credited to her all around superior
plaj Ing, but should any one man la
credited with winning it it would
surely devolve upon l.ang. Oscar #ai
anywhere and everywhere throughout
the game and the manner in which In
guarded the veteran attack. Weaver
was surprising. Cool and collected
his mind directed his actions during
the entire contest, and he It waB who
scored immediately before the close of
the first half, which was the first goal
of the game, besides scoring thm
gouls In the second half. Not only
did he keep Weaver from scoring, but
so completely outplayed him that he
was forced to retire from the game In
the second half. His place was filled
by Maslcllar. who did little else thai
display his "dirt" as a player by push-ing
Lang over the railing immediately
after he made his appearance lb too
should have been disqualified, but em-pire
Wilson was lenient and allowed
him to remain In the game. He. how-ever,
proved no terror for Lang, who
played the same cool game as before.
It was Just 9 o'clock when Umpire
Wilson put the ball In play and thl
greatest game thus far this season was
>n. Up and down the floor, from one
und of the room to the other the ball
traveled with seemingly lightning ra
pidlty for the flrBt few minutes, and
all was well, but about five minutes
after starting, Brewer began to play
a rough game and a foul was called on
him. Custer tried for a goal but (ailed
The game went on us fast as ever I'm
another few minutes when Brewer
again fouled Ruth, but Custer again
missed the basket on the free throw
The play was too fast for the Wheel
men, and Weaver held l.ang by the
ankle to prevent him from taking the
ball down the floor. Neville tried hi-hand
at goal-throwing but was no im-provement
over Custer. Oonshohock
en's playing became faster and Mr.
Brewer thought It nearly time to put
a stop to It regardless of the book of
rules and the manly principles of a
player and fouled Ruth for the third
time. He was then disqualified and
ubatituted by Pfatt. With Pfatt in
tne game the Wheelmen played a stead
ier game, but there remained only the
minutes more to play. Up to this time
neither side had scored, and with three
minutes to play l-ang lost Weaver and
scored the first field goal. This was
the only scoring and the half ended
: to 0 In fnvor of the locals.
In the second half the teams lined up
witli the same players. But It was In
this half that the Phillies were led DC
hind for the pace set from the opening
was entirely too fast and as the game
eased they fell farther and far
the? In the arrear until at the end of
the game they were fourteen points be-hind.
In 'his half Umpire Wilson call-ed
a foul on Custer for running ^wlth
FlkKMEN'S BANQUET
. ailed i>ii Conahohocken during
■ !. Lang opened the scoring in
■I Uuth came Into evidence
!. i ltd after piny was re-
Dg on a clever shoot.
cored the fourth and Ruth the
: quii i; mi cession. Custer, who
11 ■ i. «n pi lying one of UJJ most agile
■n the business Dunn on s
.1 from the side centre
in II ni the ball In the basket for the
sixth goal The seventh goal of the
belong) d to Penn; Bosoerteluded,
D] I chin, ■ shot caged the
tierebj Saving his team from a
mt Ruth scoredConshohocken'a
cnth goal and l.ang finished the
scoring about three minutes before
the game ends L
The playing of iJing, Ruth and Cus
in evidence for the locals,
while Dunn and Bossert excelled for
Penn,
The Line-up,
i onshohocken Position Penn
Neville forward Weaver
Mosteller
Ruth forward Dunn
Cox centre Bossert
guard Battersby
Custer guard ..Brewer
Bowers
Goals from field—Lang 4. Ruth 3.
Cosier. Boasert Umpire—Wilson.
jo minute halves.
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The local team will go to German-town
on Thursday evening where they
will try conclusions with the German-town
V. M. c A., and on Saturday
,\, Mine the Millville Basket Ball team.
HUM the leaders of the League, will
make their tii si appearance of the sea-son
In this borough. The locals will
play the game of their life on Saturday
evening, and try to lower the flying
colors of the Jerseymen, as they have
been having things their own way ap-parently
as they have not met with a
defeat and scoring three victories.
nould bid fair to bring out a large
crowd aa Ihis will be a very interest-n
test.
—:o:—
A movement has been Inaugurated
in basket ball circles In this borough
to raise ■ public fund for the support
Ol the local learn and retain the old
players, and that the team's standing
In the race for the IiilersUta^cJiam-plonship
may be increased.
The Insl ■■ tor of this charitable and
benevolent act is no other than the
chief executive—Burges'i S
K Ja lb]. He is a great lover of this
popular indoors sport nnd an ardent
admirer of the local team. He has
been attending the games in this bor-ough
for Ihe last three or four sea-ind
nearly (very game finds him nn
the first tier of seats in gallery A,
which was the first erected.
The Burgess started the movement
and the sportsmen of the borough are
going to lelp him out.
'.Ir. Jacoby has always taken a deep
mo i.st in the basket ball team and
has gone to the extreme trouble to In-pjuire
into the financial condition of
affairs of the same. He is well aware
id the fad that without funds the team
U not do anything to strengthen
themselves or increase their standing
in the League race. Hence his action.
Rnmlio and Bennett have both loft
un for more salary, but they are
not the only ones who could go with
oilier Clubs, Custer. who is the whole
life of the team, has two standing of-fers,
but his love to do what he can
for his town and to maintain her high-standing
In basket ball circles will not
ii, rmit him to leave his native town If
the barn can get together enough
lo help them out. There, too.
Coi, one of the greatest centremen
n the business, still casting his for-mic
with the team he organised. He'
has offers to play with some of the
, i tl an | in the country, lie is not
i resident of this borough, but his In-is
for the upbuilding of Its bas-
,. I ball bam and he will remain here
■ el manage the team if the support
warrants Moor has a number of of-fers
bill be, too. is for ('onshohocken.
* a resident Of the town and
■ i II one "f Ihe organizers of the
team,
While ii is nol publicly given out,
ioi has caught wind of some
fads which leads him to publish the
nl that It is nearly sure that
one If not both of the Conshohocken
players now playing with Bristol, will
be wearing Conshohocken uniforms
before the season Is much older.
The report that Bennett and Itambo
has been released by Bristol Is not yet
verified, bnl if so. Bennett does not
have i ■ ■ conic back to Conshohocken
io play if be does not wish: according
to reports the Pennsylvania Btcyeat
Club National League team would like
lo have him for an attack, but wait
and M 8 There is something in the
wind and thai something Is nothing
more than a financial difference.
I'In- Burgess is to be congratulated
for his sportsman-like action nnd the
people of Conshohocken should lend a
helping hand lo aid in the building up
of nn . tl i basket ball team in the
country.
—:o:—
Tin- Pioneer A. A. of Wlliam's School
ia. met their first defeat of the
K a it. in this borough on Friday even-ing,
when the Mystic A. A. defeated
them by the scon- of U to 10. The
game was fast und interesting and al
ibfl( lent times both tennis wen rough
„-, it up at a lively old rat-. Th- lac Treaty. Filth Aaasal JollilUa.ios ol IS
were one man short and Mur- I Meraberf 01 Ihe Hoie Company
by one of the Mystic filled the posl- , oa Friday bvcaio|
liOO nt centre for them, his playing
being one of tin- features of the game w si b
The visitors put up a g I article In lngtoa ,,,,., .,,„, steam Fire Engine
the basket bull line. Mead was vary ,-,„„,,,l|iy twentj live years ago. me
unfortunate In his throws for the bas- ,,,.ml,.,, ,,all. gatbe'red their fi
in in the second half, the ball would ;|| ,. ,,„,;„,. Chri
bi'lance on the rim of the basket and UI.K |M ,,.,. pi.,. lvtag W|,.,t
then would roll off on the floor again.
Bad he been a little more fortunate,
there would not have been eight points
niffi K nee In the score, he having no
lest than six throwa, each time the ball
dancing on the rim.
hfurphy started the scoring for the
Visitors shortly after play was begun,
\ hicl was followed by one by 0. Frees
while Crawford and Kalian each con-tributed
one a few moments later for
ihe Mystics. After a few minutes In-tel
mission Murphy again came Into
evidence by scoring two more In rapid
aw cession, followed by one from Jack-toe.
El lam and Kennedy each caged
the ball for the Mystics, which ended
the ■boring for this half. Score 10 to
g In favor of the Mystics.
In the second half C. Freas put the
sphere In the basket three times In
succession, while Jackson threw one
for the Pioneers, which was followed
by one from Crawford, making the final
score 18 to 10.
The features was the goal throwing
of c Freas and Crawford for the Mys-tics
and the playing of Mead. Murphy
ard Jackson for the Pioneers. Ellam's
goal was one of the prettiest and clean
est that was ever seen In the borough
be throwing It from the otherend of
the room.
The Line-up
Pioneer Position Mystics
Jackton attack Crawford
Mead attack C. Freas
Mtuphy centre Kennedy
Brown defense Ellam
F. Freas defense Malien
Goals—Murphy 3, Jackson 2. Craw-fore'
2. C Freas 4, Ellam, Kennedy
Umpire—Kelley.
As [xctllsf Fox bbase
The most exciting fox chase evei
held in this vicinity occurred yester-day
In the hills in the vicinity of Gulf
Mills and King of Prussia, when per-haps
the oldest fox ever captured was
liberated at the Hughes residence.
On account of the snow which covered
th ■ ground. Reynard was given but
five minutes start. This was loug
enough for him. however, to elude his
pursuers. He led them a merry chasi
across country and over the hills of
Gulf Mills for nearly two hours. Then
i in- pack of hounds separated and the
rulers became dumbfounded. They
soon saw the cause, however, of the
separation, for the hounds had scared
up two other foxes in the hills. The
riders then separated and the chase
was begun all over again. They had
lost the first fox and the other I wo
were Just as successful In eluding the
pursuers. All three took refuge In the
hills, and It was Impossible to secure
them. About fifty riders from the
Gulf Mills. Radnor and King of Pius
sla Hunts participated in the hunt, und
they were accompanied by about forty
dogs. John Torpy began as whlpper
In. but the first fence that bis horse
reached was too high, and the animal
sprained his ankle. Nathan Hughes
took his qlacc during the remainder
of the hunt.
laccsdlary Hue at Haverlord
Shortly after midnight oil Friday
Ihr large stone building formerly used
as a post office at Haverford was found
to be ablaze.
h'lve minutes afterward George Har-per,
a negro, who gave his residence
as Twelfth and South. Philadelphia,
was arrested on the charge of being
an incendiary.
The structure was owned by ex-
Stutc Senator William Henry Button.
It was unoccupied and uninsured. The
Lnildlng was destroyed. The loss Is
at out $2000.
Among the first to respond to the
main, of fire waa Constable C. D.
Moore. On arriving he found Harper
,-t the burning building, hatless and
shoeless. Moore promptly arrested
the man and inter Hopper confessed
that his missing shoes were in the
building, and that he had gone Into
nie. building for the purpose of rob-bery,
but found It empty. He then
built a fire In a partly empty paint ket-tle.
The Inflammable stuff boiled over
cnu the floor was Ignited.
Magistrate Ralph Warner committed
the prisoner for trial at court. Har-per
is BtippoBed to be insane.
for the want ol i better term theyhave
called their annual banquet, althougha
better b rm would be ■ "Jollification,"
,, consists not only of plenty to esl and
HI ink inn also of a good entertainment
The banpuel on Friday nighl was
no ei eptlon to the rule thai only
the best . II in c.Idenci iin-1e, in-,ause
one oi the most enjoyable ever
given by Ihe company, and was attend"
ed by so great a number of the mem-bers
and their friends thai room was
at a premium.
Llewellyn Jones was the master of
ceremonies, and performed his duties
in a creditable manner. He opened
ih evening's entertainment by Intro-ducing
Burges Jacoby, who told all
present how welcome they were and
that they must have a good time bi
lhey went home.
Then followed a program that caus-ed
so much laughter and applause that
even the appetites of a few were cloyed
Lester and Allen, the clever skel(!' ar-tists,
won the applause of the audience
The topical songs of Edward H
neatly In demand and Con Ma-gee
of Bridgeport the Irish comedian,
won great' applause. Miss McCarron
of the Falls made a decided hit as a
negro dialect vocalist. Fred Mack was
a whoie show in himself, and Miss Jo-sephine
Crowley of this borough, made
a very favorable impression as an elo-cutionist.
Elward Campbell's char-acter
songs were delightful as were
those of the Cor.sBoho ' n quartette,
a new musical club. Hen'V and
Young, sketch artists, presentee new
and entertaining ideas and Miss O'-
Brien sang v • 11. Mean - Edward
Pierson and lb urge Btemple gave an
exhibition of clog, wait/ and Jig danc-ing,
.lames c. Ie made himself popu-lar
by his delicate Lite at local per-
- and ( vents. Wm, Murray was
as fine as ever in his handling of the
banjo, while Miss Alice Connelly's,
■icipentine and fancy dances were ex-oellent
The cake walk by Mnssey and
HCOnrran was good. During tho prog-ress
of the program an orchestra
rendered music in the basement for
dancing. Al twelvi o'clock the "Star
spangled Banner" was sun;; by the
■iiiirc assemblage. The inarch to the
banquet table on the engine floor fol-lowed.
The two tables occupied the
entire length of the room. Five large
specially decorated cakes "Happy
New Year "-and one a fifty pound
cake with the American colors nnd the
company's name effectively outlined
thereon, decorated the banquet board.
he former was the gift of Chief En-gineer
Miles Stemple, while the latter
came from President Gus Sommers.
1 oe handsome silver horns nnd other
gifts of the company stood out In
hold relief at advantageous points on
th' table. After the Innovation of
grace by Rev li. T. String, pastor of
LIP It B. Church, the - laboratS menu
ivns discussed
L.-i H. T, suing, of the Methodisl
Church, made an address that was full
nf humor and bright sayings.
Before its conclusion he took occa
sion to arraign the present political
condition of Conahohocken. He be-
UeVeS the burgess should have con-trol
of the police and unhesitatingly
said so and scored the coiincilmeii who
would not vote In favor of this.
Mr.'. R. Churchill, Berlin, Vt.. says,
our ,iaby was covered with running
sores. DeWitfs Witch Hazel Salve
cured her." A Bpeclflc for plies and
skin diseases. Beware of worthless
counterfeits.
H. Maxwell Harrv and W. E. Sup-ples,
West Conshohocken.
Campbell-Wood weddlag
On the twenty-seventh aniversary
of the wedding M Mr. and Mrs Sep-timus
Wood, at their home in Swede-land,
their daughter Miss Sue liellav-en,
and Mr. Win. S. Campbell were
quietly married by the Rev. 11. T.
String at 5.15 P. M. yesterday.
The bride was attired In white or
gandle entrain and carried bridal ros-es.
The bridesmaid was attired in
white nainsook and carried pink roses.
Only membi rs of the Immediate fam-ilies
were pn sent. The groom is a
son of Councilman Campbell and
bookkeeper in (hcTiaih sunn's Nation-al
Hank.
bridesmaid was Miss
Campbell, a sister of the groom and
the groomsman was Mr. I. P. Bdogar,
pr DrietOr of the Philadelphia ' Cash
Grocery, and brother-ln-lam of the
groom..
Mr. and Mrs. Campbell will leslde at
2-13 Hector Street
The wedding was performed under
an arch of evergreens and amid
and flowering plants.
"I was nearly dead with dyspepsia,
tried doctors, visited Mineral Springs,
and grew worse. I used Kodol Dys-pepsia
Cure. That cured me." It di-gests
what you eat. Cures indigestion,
sour stomach, heartburn and all form"
of dyspepsia.
H. Maxwell Harry '
plec, West Co- v
.Mr. .1. Sheer, Scdalia, Mo,, saved his
child's life by One Minute Cough Cure.
Hectors had given her up to die with
coughs, colds, grippe, pneumonia,
bronchitis and throat and lung troub-les.
Relieves at once.
H. Maxwell Harry nnd m w
plec West Cnnshohoek
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